From 1887 to 1888, the tower planned by the architects Anton Louis and Johann Doll was built. Originally, it was to be a wooden tower built on the western part of the Rochusberg, the so-called Scharlachkopf. But for the time being, the money was lacking. After the death of the long-time mayor of Bingen, Eberhard Soherr, the idea could be realised. In his legacy, he had stipulated that 10,000 marks be spent on the construction of a massive tower with basalt lava and sandstones. The name Kaiser-Friedrich-Turm goes back to Emperor Friedrich III, also known as the 99-day Emperor. His reign lasted only three months in 1888, the year of the three emperors, and it was at this time that the tower was completed and named after the reigning emperor. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
